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We know how Slannesh was born and that pretty much turned the galaxy into a torn up mess. When the first 3 gods were born from the immaterium of the warp why didn't they have similar effects on the galaxy? If how Slannesh was born gives us any idea how a god is created from the warp shouldn't there be multiple eyes (not counting the malestrom) from which the other gods made their mark as they came into being?

The gods weren't born like Slaanesh, they became self aware.

Thus, no big boom.

Khorne just sorta woke up from a nap that started when he was born, and woke up to find the world in the midst of the Mongol invasions, and would grant Ghengis Khan Daemon Hood for all the blood he spilled.

Commisar Von Humps wrote:Khorne just sorta woke up from a nap that started when he was born, and woke up to find the world in the midst of the Mongol invasions, and would grant Ghengis Khan Daemon Hood for all the blood he spilled.

So, Khan was DOOMBREAD?

Chowderhead wrote:The gods weren't born like Slaanesh, they became self aware.

Thus, no big boom.

This. And Slaanesh wasn't technically born. He/She always was but his/her "birth" has a place in our timeline, just not the Immaterium's timeline since Time is not relevant in the Warp.


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Chowderhead wrote:

Commisar Von Humps wrote:Khorne just sorta woke up from a nap that started when he was born, and woke up to find the world in the midst of the Mongol invasions, and would grant Ghengis Khan Daemon Hood for all the blood he spilled.

So, Khan was DOOMBREAD?

That is a suspicion but has NEVER been addressed in any official GW or BL Canon. There is a thread on that here somewhere already. The other popular idea is that Doombreed was Hitler but that is highly unlikely since Khorne likes warriors not schemers and politicians and Hitler was no Warrior but he was a Schemer and Politician.

So why was Slannesh's coming into exsistance so dramatic compaired to the others?

Because Slaanesh wanted to come in with a bang.

He is the god of showmanship.

Malivon wrote:So why was Slannesh's coming into exsistance so dramatic compaired to the others?

Because Slaanesh's "birth" was caused by the Eldar's depravity, their depravity was the catalyst for Slaanesh's birth. Once born however Slaanesh, being from the Warp, simply always was.

The other three gods were born more gradually and so it wasn't as violent as Slaanesh's birth.

bryan40kman2000 wrote:

That is a suspicion but has NEVER been addressed in any official GW or BL Canon. There is a thread on that here somewhere already. The other popular idea is that Doombreed was Hitler but that is highly unlikely since Khorne likes warriors not schemers and politicians and Hitler was no Warrior but he was a Schemer and Politician.

Hitler was a soldier back in World War 1 (he also had a Stalin-stache), by the 1930's he was an old fart who had nothing better to do but be a Politician and Schemer.

Huh? lol.

Malivon wrote:So why was Slannesh's coming into exsistance so dramatic compaired to the others?

Slannesh was created by one, very psychic, race in a very short time, thus causeing a big event. The other chaos 3 were created by nearly every species with a warp presence over a very long time.

Warp Gods are the psychic mirror of the ideals, fears, and passions of races with a warp presence (most are tiny with little power, the chaos 4 get alot more info as they are actively interested in messing with the real universe).

King Pariah wrote:

bryan40kman2000 wrote:
That is a suspicion but has NEVER been addressed in any official GW or BL Canon. There is a thread on that here somewhere already. The other popular idea is that Doombreed was Hitler but that is highly unlikely since Khorne likes warriors not schemers and politicians and Hitler was no Warrior but he was a Schemer and Politician.

Hitler was a soldier back in World War 1 (he also had a Stalin-stache), by the 1930's he was an old fart who had nothing better to do but be a Politician and Schemer.

If you count a post man with a gun as a soldier, he was just a runner and most historians beleive he never had to kill anyone in WW1. But as stated by others a historical figure who was actually a magnificant warrior, such as Ghengis, would make alot more sense.

He was a runner, and was disliked by much of his regiment. He was not a war-hero like some people believe, and is infamous for being a manipulative murderer and a coward, not at all Khorne like. There's already a thread about Doombreed, take any further thoughts there.

Commisar Von Humps wrote:Khorne just sorta woke up from a nap that started when he was born, and woke up to find the world in the midst of the Mongol invasions, and would grant Ghengis Khan Daemon Hood for all the blood he spilled.

Ok with all that, but we are just one galaxy, one planet.
Are you all saying that we alone wake up 3 original Chaos Gods? We don't even know what happens in other galaxies, that to must have some influence on Chaos Gods since all that is also part of our universe.

Most of the Chaos gods were around since the Warp started going awry.
They gained sentience at some point in time...
I think Khorne was the first to gain sentience but Nurgle was around for longer.
Not sure where i got that from so go figure...

@Purplefood

I think you got it from Slaves to Darkness and the Lost and the Damned

Oh good.
I'm not imagining it then...

It could just be that they've been around long enough for their warp storms to close. Tzeentch could possibly have created the Maelstrom as it seems likely scheming would have come after anger and fear of death, making Tzeentch the second youngest. That's just opinion though.

Brother Coa wrote:

Commisar Von Humps wrote:Khorne just sorta woke up from a nap that started when he was born, and woke up to find the world in the midst of the Mongol invasions, and would grant Ghengis Khan Daemon Hood for all the blood he spilled.

Ok with all that, but we are just one galaxy, one planet.
Are you all saying that we alone wake up 3 original Chaos Gods? We don't even know what happens in other galaxies, that to must have some influence on Chaos Gods since all that is also part of our universe.

In the 40k universe, The chaos gods are fueled by human emotion, and all Human life started here on earth, i never understood why the Eldar never turned to chaos worship, but i do understand the gods come in different variations, such as in WHFB the dark elf god Khaine is actually Khorne.

Commisar Von Humps wrote:

In the 40k universe, The chaos gods are fueled by human emotion, and all Human life started here on earth, i never understood why the Eldar never turned to chaos worship, but i do understand the gods come in different variations, such as in WHFB the dark elf god Khaine is actually Khorne.

Are you sure it's not Kaela Mensha Khaine, the Eldar God of war, of whom the Avatar is an embodiment of?